Douger's comments

Douger | 8 months ago | on: The Art of Lisp and Writing (2003)

I view it as a shame that I haven't encountered more instances of prose in this (scientific/technical) context. I think it adds to the 'quality' of the piece. From a selfish point of view I would enjoy if I encountered more of this style of writing while being introduced to topics. Although, I'm also not contributing any writing of any quality to any corpus. So there is dissonance there.

As a complete aside, I thought your writing here http://canonical.org/~kragen/memory-models/ was helpful. And I now know about BNF!

Douger | 8 months ago | on: The Art of Lisp and Writing (2003)

Thank you for sharing. It's a shame that while reading this I get the feeling of prose I associate with fiction. Where there's no reason for that to be the case.

Douger | 1 year ago | on: What if Eye...?

I'm looking forward to seeing the source! How long have you been working on it?

Douger | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Learn a language quickly by practising speaking with AI

I just showed this to my partner and she really enjoyed it! I'll add a feature request of Slovenian as an additional language.

By signing up I'm hoping that you'll push out emails advising if / when new languages are added?

Wishing you all the best :)

Douger | 2 years ago | on: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

For the last 5 days I have been actively trying to cancel my Evernote personal plan. The site would break every time I navigated to manage my subscription or try and reach support.

I guess that's one way to reduce customer churn.

Douger | 2 years ago | on: How does database sharding work?

Just want to say thanks for pointing out this resource. Will make for some great long weekend reading!

Douger | 3 years ago | on: Never hose out a Honda Element

And yet we've clicked on it!

Douger | 4 years ago | on: Final Fantasy 7: An oral history (2017)

Reading this I'm surprised at the parallels of Sakaguchi and Job's first stint at Apple.

Douger | 4 years ago | on: .NET 6 Released

You've done a really nice writeup here. To me it reads as someone patiently explaining the basics without being patronizing.

Douger | 4 years ago | on: About that time I had an outburst during the Y Combinator Interview

I think what I find amusing is the author essentially outlined an argument for Sinek's Start with Why premise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA

Albeit it sounds like you don't get to shape the questions you're asked. But I'm willing to bet you can bend your answers towards the specific pain point that prompted them to start this project (their niece). Then go on to what you're app does, then the TAM.

And this is coming from someone who isn't a huge fan of Sinek either..

*Edit - I'm curious from those who've been through YC if my idea about bending your answers actually has any merit in your experience?

Douger | 4 years ago | on: SpaceX ships 100k Starlink terminals to customers

FILO is certainly one of the more frustrating consumer experiences. I wonder if they've changed inventory/ ordering systems in the time between your order and your friend's?

Douger | 5 years ago | on: Launch HN: Yotta Savings (YC S20) – Behavioral psychology to help people save

Nice! This exists in New Zealand as Bonus Bonds as well. They're quite often given as savings gifts.

All the best!

Douger | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube

I have wanted exactly this for over a year. Thank you for making it.

Douger | 9 years ago | on: How to start a company with no free time

That looks fantastic. I'm assuming there aren't any plans for a Windows release though?